ben egbert wrote:
This is a another good example of meshing ideas (three expressions on the shirt and one on the man). But my very first impression was "posed".

That says a lot about my expectations from your work which is so often truly candid.

There are two schools of thought about street photography of people. The first is that you should ask permission and get approval before taking someone's photo. The second is that you prefer to shoot candidly, no permission requested. There are often heated arguments between street photographers about which is the proper and ethical approach.
In this case, I approached the gentleman and asked his permission. He said yes, so I proceeded. The final result would have been quite different if I had shot him candidly. Not better or worse, just different in my opinion. Both methods have their merits.

eeneryma wrote:
There are two schools of thought about street photography of people. The first is that you should ask permission and get approval before taking someone's photo. The second is that you prefer to shoot candidly, no permission requested. There are often heated arguments between street photographers about which is the proper and ethical approach.
In this case, I approached the gentleman and asked his permission. He said yes, so I proceeded. The final result would have been quite different if I had shot him candidly. Not better or worse, just different in my opinion. Both methods have their merits.

Steve.

Landscape is also full of schools of thought. No sign of humans or man made objects versus simply old stuff, versus put a person in it for scale etc.

I noticed the toothpick/matchstick thing, and it's a really neat element!

Here's an interesting thought: the t-shirt expressions are all cropped to mid-nose. How about a tight crop of your photo that takes him to mid-nose, and by maintaining the aspect ratio, may also make it seem more candid?

Fast6 wrote:
I noticed the toothpick/matchstick thing, and it's a really neat element!

Here's an interesting thought: the t-shirt expressions are all cropped to mid-nose. How about a tight crop of your photo that takes him to mid-nose, and by maintaining the aspect ratio, may also make it seem more candid?